MU Libraries New Books: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

About the new book list

11/18/2009

The RSS feeds for the new books list is updated every Wednesday and contains a list of books added to the Ellis Library collection for the last six weeks. The titles are grouped by call number classification, and are listed by week and alphabetically by title.

Books for the most recent weeks are currently on the New Books Shelves inside the north entrance of Ellis Library. They can be checked out.

Beaches, ruins, resorts : the politics of tourism in the Arab world / Waleed Hazbun. (11/18/2009)

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Despite being viewed as a dangerous region to visit, leisure travel across the Middle East has thrived even in the post–9/11 era. In Beaches, Ruins, Resorts, Waleed Hazbun investigates this overlooked industry to show how tourism is shaping the economic development and international relations of the region in dramatic ways.

Following Europeans seeking Mediterranean beaches, Israelis crossing into Jordan as leisure tourists, and visitors discovering Dubai, Hazbun offers an original perspective on the Middle East and North Africa and challenges common portrayals of Arab nations as disconnected from the rest of the world. Rather, Hazbun reveals how government elites are using tourism to take part in globalization while, at the same time, crafting it to serve state interests. Paradoxically, the expansion of travel in the region has allowed states to encourage integration into the global economy while simultaneously expanding control over their society. Beaches, Ruins, Resorts also explores tourism’s broader beneficial effects on the region, such as aiding the peace process between Israel and Jordan, fostering Tunisia’s economic connection with Europe, and transforming Arab cities into hubs of international travel.

Hazbun tells the new and surprising story of how the draw of glittering beaches, luxury hotels and resorts, and sightseeing at ancient ruins impact the Arab world—promoting both economic globalization and political authoritarianism. In doing so, Beaches, Ruins, Resorts provides a much-needed guide for those interested in the changing nature of this fraught region and its place in the world.

Call #: G155.M66 H39 2008

Digital cityscapes : merging digital and urban playspaces / edited by Adriana de Souza e Silva & Daniel M. Sutko. (11/18/2009)

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"Drawing the link between mobile devices and location-based gaming is long overdue. In this volume the editors bring together a powerful group of researchers to take on this task. The authors examine the theory, design, and the educational application as well as the social consequences and long term effects of this development. This is an excellent point of departure for those of us who are interested in this development."
--Rich Ling, Sociologist at the Telenor Research Institute, Norway, and Visiting Professor, IT University of Copenhagen

"Drawing the link between mobile devices and location-based gaming is long overdue. In this volume the editors bring together a powerful group of researchers to take on this task. The authors examine the theory, design, and the educational application as well as the social consequences and long term effects of this development. This is an excellent point of departure for those of us who are interested in this development."
--Rich Ling, Sociologist at the Telenor Research Institute, Norway, and Visiting Professor, IT University of Copenhagen
<br /><br />"This admirably diverse and timely volume brings together leading theorists and practitioners with a wide range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. Not only does it provide an invaluable introduction to the field of pervasive urban gaming, but it also shows why this work has consequences for many other areas of contemporary research and daily experience."
--Paul Dourish, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine
<br /><br />"Digital Cityscapes offers a significant contribution to understanding the theory, design, and application of pervasive gaming. Recommended for critics, creators, and players alike."
--Ian Bogost, Associate Professor at Georgia Tech, and videogame researcher, critic, and designer

"This admirably diverse and timely volume brings together leading theorists and practitioners with a wide range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. Not only does it provide an invaluable introduction to the field of pervasive urban gaming, but it also shows why this work has consequences for many other areas of contemporary research and daily experience."
--Paul Dourish, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine

Call #: GV1469.17.S63 D54 2009

Encyclopedia of GIS / Shashi Shekhar, Hui Xiong (eds.). (11/18/2009)

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From the reviews:

"This single-volume reference work is a highly welcome … addition to the rapidly advancing field of geographic information systems. Peer-reviewed entries from over 300 contributors cover 41 topical subfields, with an overall emphasis on computational aspects of GIS. The volume is adequately illustrated with 723 figures and 90 tables in black and white. A full bibliography and concise list of entry terms are provided at the back of the work. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division geography students through professionals." (C. E. Smith, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), 2008)

"The encyclopedia is divided into 41 fields, each one an important sub-area within GIS. ... the editors’ organization of the material and comprehensive and systematic approach are superb and shall give students, eager readers as well as researchers an understanding of the topics in quite full depth and breadth. … is lavishly illustrated with figures, graphs and tables, the design and execution of which are as perfect as the material they illustrate. … it is sturdy and opens out nicely for study and reference." (Current Engineering Practice, 2008)

"The focus here, however, is on the mathematical and computational aspects of GIS … . This is very welcome to those practitioners who have been less exposed to some of the mathematical and computational aspects of GIS. This is also very welcome to the researcher or graduate student within any of the interdisciplinary areas that use GIS. … I highly recommended it." (Pascal V. Calarco, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2008)

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Call #: G70.212 .E535 2008

Environmentalism in the United States : changing conception of activism / edited by Elizabeth Bomberg and David Schlosberg. (11/18/2009)

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Call #: GE197 .E584 2009

Fundberichte aus Baden-Württemberg. (11/18/2009)

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Call #: GN814.B16 F9

A feast of wonders : Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets russes / edited by John E Bowlt, Zelfira Tregulova, Nathalie Rosticher Giordano. (11/11/2009)

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A fully illustrated catalogue with contributions by leading specialists in the history of Russian dance and the visual arts.

Call #: GV1785.D5 F42 2009

Joystick soldiers : the politics of play in military video games / edited by Nina B. Huntemann and Matthew Thomas Payne. (11/11/2009)

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Joystick Soldiers is the first anthology to examine the reciprocal relationship between militarism and video games. War has been an integral theme of the games industry since the invention of the first video game, Spacewar! in 1962.While war video games began as entertainment, military organizations soon saw their potential as combat simulation and recruitment tools. A profitable and popular relationship was established between the video game industry and the military, and continues today with video game franchises like America’s Army, which was developed by the U.S.Army as a public relations and recruitment tool.

This collection features all new essays that explore how modern warfare has been represented in and influenced by video games. The contributors explore the history and political economy of video games and the military-entertainment complex; present textual analyses of military-themed video games such as Metal Gear Solid; and offer reception studies of gamers, fandom, and political activism within online gaming.

Call #: GV1469.3 .J68 2010

Principles of evolutionary medicine / Peter Gluckman, Alan Beedle, Mark Hanson. (11/11/2009)

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"Principles of Evolutionary Medicine is the first specifically designed as a textbook appropriate for medical students and medical schools, and it succeeds brilliantly."--Science

Call #: GN296 .G58 2009

Serious play : modern clown performance / Louise Peacock. (11/11/2009)

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Slapstick comedy is the primary mode of performance for clowns, and in Serious Play, drama scholar Louise Peacock explores the evolution over the past fifty years of this unique brand of physical comedy. Though an analysis of clowning in a range of settings—theaters, circuses, hospitals, refugee camps, and churches—Peacock offers a framework for the evaluation of clowning, and she examines the therapeutic potential of the comedic performance. This is the first book to consider clowning venues and styles in light of play theory, including comparisons of traditional clown comedy and contemporary circuses like Cirque du Soleil. A distinctive study, Serious Play also provides authoritative definitions of clowns and clown performance styles that establishes a critical vocabulary for clowning performance.

Call #: GV1828 .P43 2009

The humans who went extinct : why Neanderthals died out and we survived / Clive Finlayson. (11/11/2009)

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"Finlayson does a superb job of describing the factors behind the expansion of the genus Homo and its diversification into various species, of which only Homo sapiens survives today. He also offers a powerful critique of those who theorize differently about the expansion of our species with very little data. In his hands, the links between climate and evolutionary change are stikingly clear."--Publishers Weekly

Call #: GN285 .F54 2009

Direct action : an ethnography / by David Graeber. (11/4/2009)

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David Graeber is an anthropologist and activist who teaches at the University of London. Active in numerous direct-action political organizations, he has written for Harper's Magazine and is the author of Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology, Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value, and Possibilities.

Call #: GN492.2 .G73 2009

Nationalizing the body : the medical market, print, and daktari medicine / Projit Bihari Mukharji. (11/4/2009)

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Nationalizing the Body revisits the history of 'western' medicine in colonial South Asia through the lives, writings and practice of the numerous Bengali daktars who adopted and practised it. Refusing to see 'western' medicine as an alienated appendage of the colonial state, this book explores how 'western' medicine was vernacularised. It argues that a burgeoning medical market and a medical publishing industry together gave daktari medicine a social identity which did not solely derive from its association with the state. Accessing many of the best-known ideas and episodes of colonial South Asian medical history, it seeks to understand how daktari medicine re-positioned the colonized bodies as nationalized bodies.

Call #: GN635.S645 M85 2009

On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears / Stephen T. Asma. (11/4/2009)

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Real or imagined, literal or metaphorical, monsters have exerted a dread fascination on the human mind for many centuries. Using philosophical treatises, theological tracts, newspapers, films, and novels, author Stephen T. Asma unpacks traditional monster stories for the clues they offer about the inner logic of our fears and fascinations throughout the ages.

Take a Closer Look at the Mythical Creatures from On Monsters
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The manticore monster was thought to favor human flesh.
Descriptions of the beast appear in the natural history texts of Ctesias, Aristotle, and Pliny.

Call #: GR825 .A86 2009

The geography of human conflict : approaches to survival / Neville Brown. (11/4/2009)

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"Neville Brown has used his vast knowledge of history and geography in a fascinating way to give us deeper insights into how these key influences on human life have combined to shape our course. At this time we should be thinking widely and challenging familiar boundaries of thought. Brown leads the way with a very important book. I commend it warmly." -- Robert O'Neill, former Chichele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University and former Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies "'Geopolitics' is a much misunderstood term that is over-used in modern politics. Neville Brown puts geopolitics back where it belongs - as a scientific and particular way of interpreting world politics that offers both explanation and meta-prediction. And he does so in a way that is both delightful and impressive. On the basis of a lifetime of scholarship and an eye for the fascinating and amusing he offers a sweep of history, culture and science that is as breathtaking as it is riveting. If students of global politics are frightened of being changed simply by reading one book, they should stay away from this one. It will stretch and convert them in a single reading." -- Professor Michael Clarke, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies "Professor Brown's scope is extremely wide. Its historical span extends from proto-human to modern times, its geographical throughout our troubled planet and the Inner Space around it. Many threads are brought together to consider present and future circumstances: the strategic balance shifting eastwards; the displacement of Cold War rivalries with new antagonisms; accelerating change in technology, ecology and demography; failed or failing states. Those involved in or otherwise concerned about the difficult decisions we face, strategic and economic, will be far better informed for having read this impressive book." -- General Sir Mike Jackson, formerly Chief of General Staff "Neville Brown was already a leading figure in Strategic Studies when today's decision-makers were undergraduate students. A lifetime in the field has qualified him, almost uniquely, to paint 'the bigger picture' by integrating history, geography and strategic analysis into a continuum which broadens horizons as it deepens understanding." -- Dr Julian Lewis MP, Shadow Defence Minister

Call #: G70 .B82 2009

Machine learning methods in the environmental sciences : neural networks and kernels / William W. Hsieh. (10/28/2009)

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'... one of the first books describing machine learning techniques in the context of environmental applications ... goes a long way in explaining these subjects in a very clear, concise, and understandable way. This is one of the few books where one will find diverse areas of machine learning all within the same cover ... aimed at advanced undergraduates and PhD students, as well as researchers and practitioners. No previous knowledge of machine learning concepts is assumed.' Vladimir Krasnopolsky, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service

'[This book] aims to, and succeeds in, bridging the gap between AI and what is often referred to as conventional statistics. Add to that the unique perspective that a physicist and an environmental scientist brings to the table, and one has a truly rare book. ... a well-balanced mix of theoretical and practical exercises. ... Hsieh's book [is] ideal as both a textbook on the topic, and a reference book for the researcher in the field.' Caren Marzban, University of Washington and University of Oklahoma

Call #: GE45.D37 H75 2009

The ethics of computer games / Miguel Sicart. (10/28/2009)

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Katherine Isbister, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

"Sicart provides surprising insight to a topic rarely discussed in such an analytical and unbiased manner. This is critical reading for designers wishing to embed true meaning and cultural resonance in their games."
—Jason Della Rocca, Executive Director, International Game Developers Association

Call #: GV1469.34.C67 S53 2009

Training resource manual : the use of economic instruments for environmental and natural resource management. (10/28/2009)

10/28/2009

Call #: GE300 .T73 2009

Contentious geographies : environmental knowledge, meaning, scale / edited by Michael K. Goodman, Maxwell T. Boykoff, Kyle T. Evered. (10/21/2009)

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Call #: GE195.7 .G66 2008

Environment : critical essays in human geography / edited by Kay Anderson and Bruce Braun. (10/21/2009)

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Spanning cultural and political ecology, the political economy of the environment, humanistic landscape interpretation, cultural studies of nature, and science and technology studies, this volume is the definitive guide to environmental studies in Human Geography over the past 30 years. The articles collected capture conceptual developments in the field for audiences within and beyond Geography, and illustrate the diversity and remarkable vitality of geographical research on society-environment relations.

Call #: G143 .E58 2008

Environmental values / John O'Neil, Alan Holland and Andrew Light. (10/21/2009)

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Environmental Values is an excellent book, easy to read, and relatively short. -- Richard Haynes, Ecological Restoration, Vol. 26, No. 1

Call #: GE42 .O54 2008

GIS, human geography, and disasters / by Andrew curtis and Jacqueline W. Mills. (10/21/2009)

10/21/2009

Call #: GF50 .C87 2009

Representing, modeling, and visualizing the natural environment / edited by Nick Mount ... [et al.]. (10/21/2009)

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The explosion of public interest in the natural environment can, to a large extent, be attributed to greater public awareness of the impacts of global warming and climate change. This has led to increased research interest and funding directed at studies of issues affecting sensitive, natural environments. Not surprisingly, much of this work has required the innovative application of GIS and has led to a crucial research question: How should the environment be represented, modeled, analyzed, and visualized within a GIS?

With contributions from recognized international experts, Representing, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment explores the interplay between data representation, modeling, and visualization in environmental studies. It reviews state-of-the-art GIS applications for the natural environment and presents them in the context of a range of recent studies. This focus identifies analytical challenges and illustrates broader opportunities for applying GIS within other areas of the sciences and social sciences. The integrated approach reflects the need for a single volume covering all aspects

While many texts cover aspects of GIS application within an environmental context, few of these books focus specifically on the natural environment nor do they integrate the questions that encompass the full process of enquiry associated with GIS application in studies of the environment. The thirteenth volume in the widely recognized Innovations of GIS series, this book investigates each of these questions in turn, explicitly addressing all aspects of GIS application in the natural environment.

Call #: GE45.D37 R48 2009

The natural history of unicorns / Chris Lavers. (10/21/2009)

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"The origin of the species and its later fame told in lore and legend is cleverly told." (The Times (London) )

"Chris Lavers traces our fascination with the idea of a one-horned horse back 2,000 years in this scholarly history of unicorns . The history of the unicorn shows human beings at our imaginative best and our manipulative worst." (Daily Telegraph (London) )

"Chris Lavers has done it again. A fascinating, intelligent and unusual book. From the first page I was completely hooked." (Pat Shipman, author of Femme Fatale )

"A mind opening work of intricate scholarship. If unicorns do exist I hope they never catch one. A great read that will grace my library." (Professor David Bellamy )

"A vivid and highly readable trek following the trail of this elusive beast." (Booklist )

"Intriguing. .The history of a non-existent animal is, by definition, a series of diversions from actuality, and, by reversing that trajectory, Lavers' book takes us to some fascinating places." (Financial Times )

"Lively, compelling, full of anecdote, wry scepticism and an honest humility about the things it is simply impossible for us to know for certain. . . . The book, like its subject, is not quite one thing nor another, but a fascinating hybrid." (The Guardian )

"In this lively survey, Lavers explores the roots and the evolution of Ctesias' elusive beast... Lavers capably balances tales of individual enthusiasts with broader cultural considerations to show how the unicorn's 'connections with our myth-making reveal much about our engagement with the natural world.'" (The New Yorker )

"Lavers ingeniously tracks the myth-making of the unicorn. . . . Lavers's enthusiasm is infectious . . . an elegant, colorful guide to the unicorn's myth, marvel, and the ties that have bound it to human progress." (Kirkus Reviews (Starred) )

"Whimsical, scholarly and continually absorbing." (The Spectator )

Call #: GR830.U6 L38 2009

Toward an anthropology of government : democratic transformations and nation building in Wales / William R. Schumann. (10/21/2009)

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“Schumann has written a timely and important anthropological assessment of power in government and the roles which politicians, civil servants and other political leaders play in social and cultural change in a devolving United Kingdom. This is work at the cutting edge of political anthropology today.”--Thomas M. Wilson, Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, SUNY

Call #: GN585.G7 S38 2009

Antiquarians at the megaliths / edited by Magdalena S. Midgley. (10/14/2009)

10/14/2009

Call #: GN790 .I58 2006a

Apocalypse when? : calculating how long the human race will survive / Willard Wells. (10/14/2009)

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Call #: GF51 .W45 2009

Consuming passions : dining from antiquity to the eighteenth century / edited by Maureen Carroll, D.M. Hadley & Hugh Willmott. (10/14/2009)

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This multidisciplinary book explores the social practice of dining over 2000 years, examining the archaeological, documentary, material culture and art historical evidence for the consumption of food and drink in various historical, social and cultural contexts.

The authors look at the locations for dining and the concomitant decoration, furniture and tableware. They explore the norms for appropriate and inappropriate behaviour and the rituals of dining, such as food preparation and presentation, the serving of food and its means of consumption.

Call #: GT2853.E8 C648 2005

Cuba in the shadow of change : daily life in the twilight of the revolution / Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb. (10/14/2009)

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"This book is a masterpiece. Accurate, lyrical, and empathetic in its illumination of the lives of ordinary Cubans, as they survive and thrive in the bizarre economic and political environment of Cuba during its 'Special Period.'" - Archibald Ritter, Carleton University"

Call #: GN564.C9 W45 2009

Cultural styles of knowledge transmission : essays in honour of Ad Borsboom / Jean Kommers and Eric Venbrux (eds.). (10/14/2009)

10/14/2009

Call #: GN451 .C85 2008

Doing sensory ethnography / Sarah Pink. (10/14/2009)

10/14/2009

Call #: GN345 .P49 2009

Down to earth : religious paths toward custodianship of nature / Clifford Chalmers Cain. (10/14/2009)

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This book scientifically describes the multitude of environmental problems besetting planet earth and indicates why these environmental problems are, at their root, a spiritual or religious challenge. The author argues that learning the scientific descriptions of problems is not enough; attitudes must be changed and behavioral patterns must be altered.

Call #: GE140 .C35 2009

Estimating prices for access to opportunities for hunting, fishing, and viewing wildlife on public and private lands : final report / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Steering Committee on Wildlife and Fish Access Prices (10/14/2009)

10/14/2009

Call #: GV191.4 .U55 1987

Food and gender in Fiji : ethnoarchaeological explorations / Sharyn Jones. (10/14/2009)

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Call #: GT2853.F3 J66 2009

Gossip and the everyday production of politics / Niko Besnier. (10/14/2009)

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Although gossip is disapproved of across the world's societies, it is a prominent feature of sociality, whose role in the construction of society and culture cannot be overestimated. In particular, gossip is central to the enactment of politics: through it people transform difference into inequality and enact or challenge power structures. Based on the author's intimate ethnographic knowledge of Nukulaelae Atoll, Tuvalu, this work uses an analysis of gossip as political action to develop a holistic understanding of a number of disparate themes, including conflict, power, agency, morality, emotion, locality, belief, and gender. It brings together two methodological traditions - the microscopic analysis of unelicited interaction and the macroscopic interpretation of social practice - that are rarely wedded successfully.Drawing on a broad range of theoretical resources, Niko Besnier approaches gossip from several angles. A detailed analysis of how Nukulaelae's people structure their gossip interactions demonstrates that this structure reflects and contributes to the atoll's political ideology, which wavers between a staunch egalitarianism and a need for hierarchy. His discussion then turns to narratives of specific events in which gossip played an important role in either enacting egalitarianism or reinforcing inequality. Embedding gossip in a broad range of communicative practices enables Besnier to develop a nuanced analysis of how gossip operates, demonstrating how it allows some to gain power while others suffer because of it.

Call #: GN671.T88 B47 2009

Prehistory : the making of the human mind / Colin Renfrew. (10/14/2009)

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“In this complex, closely argued text . . . field giant Renfrew sets forth quite a task, to sum up the progress of prehistoric archaeology thus far and then explore current challenges.” —Publishers Weekly

“A remarkably useful text in that it will generate lively, thoughtful and passionate discussion and inspire new ways of examining existing evidence.” —New Scientist magazine

“An elegant and absorbing distillation of the wisdom accrued during a life in prehistory.”—Reference and Research Book News

Call #: GN740 .R46 2009

The dispersal of the Neolithic over the Arabian Peninsula / Philipp Drechsler. (10/14/2009)

10/14/2009

Call #: GN776.32.A65 D74 2009

The human footprint : a global environmental history / Anthony N. Penna. (10/14/2009)

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Peter N. Stearns, George Mason University, author of The Industrial Revolution in World History

"Penna is to be congratulated for producing one of the first environmental histories to embrace the entire world and all of human history. As our relationship with the world’s diverse environments deteriorates, such educational resources are becoming increasingly vital."
—David Christian,Macquarie University, formerly of SDSU, author of Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History

"An insightful survey of global history . . . In clear and accessible prose, it provides a masterful synthesis of scholarship across a wide range of disciplines. Its breadth and sophistication – and its relevance to the world today – make it a compelling read.
—Jeffrey K. Stine, Curator of Engineering and Environmental History, Smithsonian Institution, author of America's Forested Wetlands: From Wasteland to Valued Resource

"Penna weaves human and natural history together into a single, compelling story. In his vision, human innovation, culture and exchange, nutrition, atmospheric chemistry, and plate tectonics are just a few of the many processes that come together in an endless dance of engagement and change . . . The pasts and the fates of humanity, nature, and the Earth are one and the same."
—Adam McKeown, Columbia University, author of Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders 1834–1929

"Combining wide knowledge with an eye for the essential, Penna takes a truly vast and challenging subject – the natural and human history of the earth – and distills it into a volume that is reliable, accessible, and illuminating."
—William B. Meyer, Colgate University, author of Human Impact on the Earth

Call #: GF13 .P46 2010

The world's heritage : a complete guide to the most extraordinary places. (10/14/2009)

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Call #: G140.5 .W68 2009

Britain's oldest art : the Ice Age cave art of Creswell Crags / Paul Bahn and Paul Pettitt with contributions by Andrew Chamberlain ... [et al.]. (10/7/2009)

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Call #: GN772.22.G7 B34 2009

Climate change in Eurasian Arctic shelf seas : centennial ice cover observations / Ivan E. Frolov ... [et al.]. (10/7/2009)

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In this book the eminent authors analyse the ice cover variability in the Arctic Seas during the 20^thand early 21^st centuries. In the first two chapters, they show that multi-year changes of the sea-ice extent in the Arctic Seas were formed by linear trends and long-term (climatic) cycles lasting about 10, 20 and 60 years. The structure of temporal variability of the western region (Greenland – Kara) differs significantly from the eastern region seas (Laptev and Chukchi). In the latter region, unlike the former area, relatively short-period cycles (up to 10 years) predominate. The linear trends can be related to a super-secular cycle of climatic changes over about 200 years. The most significant of these cycles, lasting 60 years, is most pronounced in the western region seas.

Call #: GB2595 .C55 2009

Green intelligence : creating environments that protect human health / John Wargo. (10/7/2009)

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"Green Intelligence is by far the most informed, cogent, and readable of the books on the environment that I have encountered. His argument is clear and compelling, his approach is unusual and insightful, and his science is sound."-Herbert Needleman, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Herbert Needleman )

"A sobering assessment of the impacts that the late twentieth century's chemical revolution has had on the global environment and human health, Green Intelligence offers a sweeping view of a vast terrain that is invisible to most Americans and that has not been previously explored."-Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Philip J. Landrigan )

"A great book on one of the most neglected aspects of the human predicament-the toxification of our planet. Green Intelligence tells the tale through a series of case histories full of personal interest, making it an engrossing read as well as a dependable source of information. And it ends with a bonus-sound advice on how to reduce your own exposure to toxics."-Paul R. Ehrlich, co-author of The Dominant Animal (Paul R. Ehrlich )

"From nuclear war to farm chemicals to the diesel fumes inside the big yellow school bus, Green Intelligence covers it all, offering us a comprehensive anatomy and a clear-sighted vision for rescue. Bravo!"-Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment (Sandra Steingraber )

"This volume is a twenty-first century Silent Spring distilled and brought up to date with appealing prose. . . a disturbing book of revelations about the soup of manmade pollutants that permeates the entire world. . . Green Intelligence also provides a clear roadmap for the ways forward. . . Required reading for all citizens and leaders."-Thomas E. Lovejoy, Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment (Thomas E. Lovejoy )

"This is the book to read on the full array of chemical dangers in our environment. It is comprehensive, eloquent, deeply informed, and full of practical wisdom."-Donald Worster, University of Kansas (Donald Worster )

"Readers of Green Intelligence will find themselves outraged by the levels of exposure we as a society face from harmful chemicals. But this prodigious book is that rare combination which not only produces indignation by informing, but also catalyzes action and guides reform by inspiring."-Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (Frances Beinecke )

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We live in a world awash in manmade chemicals, from the pesticides on our front lawns to the diesel exhaust in the air we breathe. Although experts are beginning to understand the potential dangers of these substances, there are still more than 80,000 synthetic compounds that have not been sufficiently tested to interpret their effects on human health. Yale University professor John Wargo has spent much of his career researching the impact of chemical exposures on women and children. In this book, he explains the origins of society’s profound misunderstanding of everyday chemical hazards and offers a practical path toward developing greater “green intelligence.”

Despite the rising trend in environmental awareness, information about synthetic substances is often unavailable, distorted, kept secret, or presented in a way that prevents citizens from acting to reduce threats to their health and the environment. By examining the histories of five hazardous technologies and practices, Wargo finds remarkable patterns in the delayed discovery of dangers and explains the governments’ failures to manage them effectively. Sobering yet eminently readable, Wargo’s book ultimately offers a clear vision for a safer future through prevention, transparency, and awareness.

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John Wargo is professor of environmental policy, risk analysis, and political science at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Department of Political Science at Yale University. He is Chair of the Environmental Studies Major in Yale College and has been an adviser to several EPA administrators and National Academy of Sciences Committees, the U.S. Congress, the U.N. World Health Organization, and Vice President Al Gore. The author of Our Children’s Toxic Legacy, Wargo lives in Killingworth, CT.

Call #: GE140 .W365 2009

Latrinae et foricae : toilets in the Roman world / Barry Hobson. (10/7/2009)

10/7/2009

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The Romans are renowned for their aqueducts, baths and water systems, achievements equalled in the modern world only over the past few hundred years. Their toilets, both single ('latrinae') and multi-seater ('foricae') form part of the Roman sanitation system that continues to fascinate the modern visitor to ancient sites today.

In this well illustrated overview, Barry Hobson describes toilets in the Roman empire from Iberia to Syria, and from North Africa to Hadrian's Wall. Particular emphasis is given to Pompeii, where many toilets are preserved and where some evidence for change over time can be found. The discussion encompasses not only details of location, construction and decoration of toilets, but also questions of privacy, sewage, rubbish disposal, health issues, references in Latin literature, and graffiti.

About the Author
Barry Hobson was a GP until he retired in 1997 following which he undertook a degree in Archaeology at the University of Bradford and then a Research Masters degree. He has spent twelve seasons working at Pompeii and has travelled extensively looking for evidence of Roman toilets. He lives in Holmfirth, Yorkshire.

Call #: GT476 .H66 2009

Measured on stone : stone artefact reduction, residential mobility, and aboriginal land use in arid Central Australia / Wallace Boone Law. (10/7/2009)

10/7/2009

Call #: GN434 .L39 2009

Monuments and minds : monument re-use in Scandinavia in the second half of the first millennium AD / Eva S. Thäte. (10/7/2009)

10/7/2009

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"I recommend this Handbook for policy makers and practitioners seeking to promote reconciliation in war-torn societies and between people divided by conflict . . . this publication should be required reading for the blue helmets and international civil servants of the next UN operation and, indeed, for all concerned actors, including local community leaders, in nations beset by conflict." --Sergio Vieira de Mello, High Commissioner for Human Rights
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"This Handbook [is for] those who struggle for reconciliation in other contexts
around the world . . . the practical tools and lessons from experience presented here will inspire, assist, and support them in their supremely important task." —Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Call #: GN780.22.S34 T48 2007

Ritualization, hybridization, fragmentation : the mutability of Roman vessels in Germania Magna AD 1-400 / Fredrik Ekengren. (10/7/2009)

10/7/2009

Call #: GT3242 .E39 2009

Space, knowledge and power : Foucault and geography / edited by Jeremy W. Crampton and Stuart Elden. (10/7/2009)

10/7/2009

Call #: G70 .S673 2007

The ethics of the environment / edited by Robin Attfield. (10/7/2009)

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This book brings together over thirty of the foremost contributions to environmental ethics, from pioneering papers to recent work at the cutting edge of thought in this field. It also unites them through an innovative introductory essay which appraises both strengths and weaknesses and presents a distinctive view of the subject. Areas covered include the land ethic, Deep Ecology, biocentric approaches, environmental virtue ethics, feminist contributions, debates on equity and on the interests and representation of future generations, preservation, sustainability and sustainable development.The importance of attempts to discover a comprehensive ethic relevant both to the environment and other key areas of ethical debate is highlighted. Robin Attfield has been working in this field for thirty years, and has published several related collections and monographs, of which the latest is "Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century", published by Polity in 2003. "The Ethics of The Environment" complements that work, from which it incorporates a significant extract about the considerable practical difference that environmental ethics is capable of making.

About the Author
Robin Attfield is a Professor of Philosophy in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK.

Call #: GE42 .E8453 2008

Toolkit structure and site use : results of a high-power use-wear analysis of lithic assemblages from Solutré (Saône-et-Loire), France / William E. Banks. (10/7/2009)

10/7/2009

Call #: GN434 .B36 2009

Circus days / text and photos. by Jill Freedman. (9/30/2009)

9/30/2009

Call #: GV1803 .F7 1975

Green intelligence : creating environments that protect human health / John Wargo. (9/30/2009)

9/30/2009

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Call #: GE140 .W365 2009

Megalithic Jordan : an introduction and field guide / Gajus Scheltema. (9/30/2009)

9/30/2009

Call #: GN855.J67 S34 2008

Mobility / Peter Adey. (9/30/2009)

9/30/2009

Call #: GF41 .A34 2010

Ritualization, hybridization, fragmentation : the mutability of Roman vessels in Germania Magna AD 1-400 / Fredrik Ekengren. (9/30/2009)

9/30/2009

Call #: GT3242 .E39 2009

Ethnographies revisited : constructing theory in the field / edited by Antony J. Puddephatt, William Shaffir and Steven W. Kleinknecht. (9/23/2009)

9/23/2009

Call #: GN345 .E74 2009

Foods of association : biocultural perspectives on foods and beverages that mediate sociability / Nina L. Etkin. (9/23/2009)

9/23/2009

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“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” —Epicurus

This fascinating book examines the biology and culture of foods and beverages that are consumed in communal settings, with special attention to their health implications. Nina Etkin covers a wealth of topics, exploring human evolutionary history, the Slow Food movement, ritual and ceremonial foods, caffeinated beverages, spices, the street foods of Hawaii and northern Nigeria, and even bottled water. Her work is framed by a biocultural perspective that considers both the physiological implications of consumption and the cultural construction and circulation of foods. For Etkin, the foods and beverages we consume are simultaneously “biodynamic substances and cultural objects.”

The book begins with a look at the social eating habits of our primate relatives and discusses our evolutionary adaptations. It then offers a history of social foods in the era of European expansion, with a focus on spices and “caffeinated cordials.” (Of course, there were some powerful physiological consequences of eating foods brought home by returning explorers, and those are considered too—along with consequences for native peoples.) From there, the book describes “street food,” which is always served in communal settings. Etkin then scrutinizes ceremonial foods and beverages, and considers their pharmacological effects as well. Her extensive examination concludes by assessing the biological and cultural implications of bottled water.

While intended primarily for scholars, this enticing book serves up a tantalizing smorgasbord of food for thought.

About the Author
Nina L. Etkin was a professor of anthropology and graduate chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was one of the two recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Economic Botanist Award from the Society for Economic Botany, and she was awarded the prestigious Hawai’i Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research. Etkin was the author of Edible Medicines: An Ethnopharmacology of Food and Eating on the Wild Side: The Pharmacologic, Ecologic, and Social Implications of Using Noncultigens, both published by the University of Arizona Press. Professor Etkin passed away in 2009.

Call #: GT2850 .E876 2009

Planted flags : trees, land, and law in Israel/Palestine / Irus Braverman. (9/23/2009)

9/23/2009

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Planted Flags tells an extraordinary story about the mundane uses of law and landscape in the war between Israelis and Palestinians. The book is structured around the two dominant tree landscapes in Israel/Palestine: pine forests and olive groves. The pine tree, which is usually associated with the Zionist project of afforesting the Promised Land, is contrasted with the olive tree, which Palestinians identify as a symbol of their steadfast connection to the land. What is it that makes these seemingly innocuous, even natural, acts of planting, cultivating, and uprooting trees into acts of war? How is this war reflected, mediated, and, above all, reinforced through the polarization of the natural landscape into two juxtaposed landscapes? And what is the role of law in this story? Planted Flags explores these questions through an ethnographic study. By telling the story of trees through the narratives of military and government officials, architects, lawyers, Palestinian and Israeli farmers, and Jewish settlers, the seemingly static and mute landscape assumes life, expressing the cultural, economic, and legal dynamics that constantly shape and reshape it.

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Planted Flags explores how the natural landscape is conscripted into the national war between Israelis and Palestinians. By telling the story of trees through the narratives of military and government officials, architects, lawyers, Palestinian and Israeli farmers, and Jewish settlers, the seemingly static and mute landscape assumes life, expressing the cultural, economic, and legal dynamics that constantly shape and reshape it.

About the Author
Irus Braverman is Associate Professor of Law at University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She is the author of House Demolitions in East Jerusalem: "Illegality" and Resistance and has previously been affiliated with the Humanities Center at Harvard University, the Human Rights Program at Harvard University Law School, the Center of Criminology at the University of Toronto, and the Geography Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of law, geography, and anthropology.

Call #: GN635.I78 B73 2009